Dianna Ivy Is Evaluating a Plan to Expand the Production

question 73

Multiple Choice

Dianna Ivy is evaluating a plan to expand the production facilities of International Compressors Company which manufactures natural gas compressors.Dianna feels that the price of coal is a significant factor in her decision, but she cannot control it.For her decision, the different prices of coal represent the _____________.

• A)payoffs
• B)decision alternatives
• C)states of nature
• D)revised probabilities
• E)prior probabilities

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